Nexus : (Record no. 6964)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250109140642.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 240605s2024 enk b 001 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781911717096
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number ZA3075
Item number .H375 2024
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harari, Yuval N.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Nexus :
Remainder of title a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Yuval Noah Harari.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Fern Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxii, 492 p. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
501 ## - WITH NOTE
With note K_B
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI-a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note What is information? -- Stories : unlimited connections -- Documents : the bite of the paper tigers -- Errors : the fantasy of infallibility -- Decisions : a brief history of democracy and totalitarianism -- The new members : how computers are different from printing presses -- Relentless : the network is always on -- Fallible : the network is often wrong -- Democracies : can we still hold a conversation? -- Totalitarianism : all power to the algorithms? -- The silicon curtain : global empire or global split?
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Information behavior
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 21798
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Information networks
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 21799
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Information technology
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 21800
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
Koha biblionumber 6964
Koha biblioitemnumber 6964
Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired
01/28/2025   ZA3075 .H375 2024 0004399 01/28/2025 Books   Library of Congress Classification   Available for loans   SPAA Library SPAA Library General Collection 01/28/2025